1938–39 Yugoslav Football Championship


The 1938–39 Yugoslav Football Championship, officially called State Championship was the 16th season of the main association football competition in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.
The championship was played in a round-robin league format, featuring 12 clubs which qualified either directly or through playoffs organized by various regional football associations. Five out of the previous six national champions took part in this season.
The defending champions were HAŠK, who finished fifth. First place was won by BSK from Belgrade, who won their fifth Yugoslav title with 5 points ahead of runners-up Građanski Zagreb. This was BSK's fifth national title, having previously won four in the period from 1931 to 1936, and it proved to be their last before the outbreak of World War II.
Top scorer was August Lešnik, then a 24-year-old seasoned forward for Građanski Zagreb, who scored 22 goals in 19 appearances, including five in a home game against Slavija Sarajevo in April 1939.

Teams

The national league was expanded from 10 to 12 clubs for the 1938–39 season. The previous season's last place finisher, HŠK Concordia, were relegated, while the other top nine clubs earned an automatic spot in this year's edition.
The remaining three spots were filled with winners of three zonal qualifying playoffs. At the time, football in Yugoslavia was governed by 14 regional sub-federations, usually centered around a major city and named after it. Most of these organized a local championship, with winners entering the qualifying playoff.
As of April 1939 and end of season
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Winning squad

Champions:
BSK Beograd

Top scorers

Final goalscoring position, number of goals, player/players and club.